As modern defenses become more sophisticated and difficult to breakdown, it is essential to employ effective attacking methods in order to stay ahead of the competition. Coach Koons explains the key principles of creating a successful attack and then demonstrates how to coach them with your team.

Using a combination of lecture, diagrams, competition and practice footage, Koons outlines how to coach these key attacking principles to the advanced soccer player. You will see how to:

Create opportunities to break the line of defense by dribbling, passing and shooting.

Make runs to break apart the defense - stretch, check and threaten.

Train players functionally to attack defenses.

Encourage your players to take risks through dribbling and passing to beat defenders.

Make runs ahead of the ball to create offensive opportunities.

Koons walks you step-by-step through the process of building an attacking culture, from warm-ups to drills and ending with small-sided games. You will see a warm up drill to help your players recognize simple runs they can make in a game situation, games that encourage players to beat their opponents 1 v 1 on the dribble, a shooting drill that is fast paced and creates many shooting opportunities for the players and much more.

In addition to the drills and games, this DVD features many clear and concise coaching points that you can instantly put into your coaching toolbox and apply to any attacking situation.

Win the ball and create more scoring opportunities using these time-tested set pieces!

There are different strategies to use when taking a corner kick or a free kick. In this detailed soccer DVD, Brandon Koons takes you through a variety of ways to use set pieces to your advantage when attacking and defending in the offensive half.

These set pieces will create numerous goal scoring chances for your team. Koons' instruction will help you teach your players to:

Put pressure on your opponents by overloading an area

Create space on throw-ins

Time runs for various corner kicks

Vary runs on corner kicks to keep the defense off balance

Use a defensive wall to your advantage

and more ...

Using game and practice footage, Koons takes you through set pieces in your attacking end both offensively and defensively. You will see all of these tactics demonstrated on the field using drills to reinforce key concepts. Koons explains in detail how players should position for set pieces. In addition he emphasizes how important it is for players to time their runs off the ball. This attention to detail will allow your players to win the ball and create scoring opportunities.

Make the most of free kick opportunities with this detailed DVD from Coach Brandon Koons.

Give up fewer goals this season using these proven defensive tactics and exercises.

Brandon Koons demonstrates fundamental tactics for successful team defending. Coach Koons begins with an easy to understand discussion of the basic defending principals - pressure, cover, depth and balance. He then reviews the roles of the first, second and third defenders, the importance of a team's line of confrontation, and includes a discussion on team shape.

Using live demonstrations, Koons shows exercises that will help your defenders understand their roles and responsibilities. The exercises begin simply and are built upon slowly by adding conditions and players. During these exercises players learn the importance of communication, compactness, side-to-side movement and overall team shape. This video is of benefit to both players trying to understand defensive responsibilities and coaches trying to train their players.

Coach Koons' philosophy of "building from the back" by training players in defending fundamentals has proven quite successful over the years. This DVD will help you understand a defender's role and responsibility and provides training exercises to help improve your team's defending shape.

I enjoyed all 3 DVDs. The Attacking and Defending set pieces DVD was creative in that it discussed the situation from a tactical point of view, most other set piece DVDs would just show you different set pieces for you to replicate.

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